It was June 2013, and US law enforcement thought they were finally getting their hands on a slippery target: Russian hacker Alexsey Belan, indicted in Nevada and California for computer intrusions at three US e-commerce companies, had been
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At the helicopter industry’s largest trade show last week, dozens of aircraft were parked over seven acres of Dallas, Texas convention centre space. Yet only one generated a constant crowd as more than a thousand people gathered
Since 2009, US customs and border protection agents have been allowed to search electronic devices carried by citizens or non-citizens as they cross the border into America from other countries
MTN Group’s new CEO, Rob Shuter, begins work on Monday morning, taking the reins from interim executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko at a time of considerable operational challenges at Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator. Shuter, until
One of the ANC’s signature programmes, a welfare system for the poorest third of South Africa’s people, is in chaos. The monthly stipends are distributed to more than 17m people by Net1 UEPS Technologies, whose
If all goes as planned, two tourists will crawl into a space capsule at the end of next year and blast off for a week-long trip to the moon and back. It’s the ultimate couple’s vacation, offered exclusively by
South Africa is fast approaching a crossroads at which it must choose between structural reform and a lurch to populist nationalism. So, too, is its governing ANC, which later this year must elect a successor to its president, Jacob Zuma. With
When Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes an Uber, he prefers a black car, the high-end service his company introduced in 2010. On this particular night in early February – Super Bowl Sunday in the
Cheap handsets helped Chinese smartphone makers climb to the top of their home market. Now they’re hoping cutting-edge technology will take them global. Shrugging off a reputation for knockoffs, the country’s
How dangerous is a teddy bear or a doll? In the Internet of things era, it’s not an idle question but one for parents and regulators to ponder seriously. On Monday, Troy Hunt, the cybersecurity expert who